No, there's more truth in there. That clip just came to mind.
But I suspect there's plenty we don't give enough credit for.

Fuuuunnny...

Do you think that's a fair comparison? Screens Vs Sanitation/wine/roads blahblahblah

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“Take away styles and fashion—and the computer screens,” said mathematician Eric Weinstein in a recent interview, “how do you know you’re not in 1973?”

All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

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Econ Disaster and Crises: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

> “Take away styles and fashion—and the computer screens,” said mathematician Eric Weinstein in a recent interview, “how do you know you’re not in 1973?”

I've heard that one before:

> All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?